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POLICIES PIONEERED IN THE SEZS WERE INCREASINGLY BEING ADOPTED IN OTHER AREAS, AND SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT ZONES PRACTISED EVEN MORE PREFERENTIAL POLICIES THAN THE SEZS.
8 ELECTIONS FOR THE LEADING POSTS FOR THE PROVINCE WERE HELD ON 8 FEBRUARY, THE LAST DAY OF THE CONGRESS MEETING. ZHU SENLIN WAS RETURNED UNOPPOSED AS GOVERNOR. SIX VICE-GOVERNORS WERE ELECTED INCLUDING 5 INCUMBENTS (LU RUIHUA, LIU WEIMING, LU ZHONGHE, ZHANG GAOLI AND LI LANFANG) AND A NEW FACE, OU GUANGYUAN, WHO WAS FORMERLY FOSHAN MUNICIPALITY'S PARTY SECRETARY. LIU RUO WAS RE- ELECTED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS STANDING COMMITTEE. MAI CHONGKAI AND WANG JUN WERE RE-ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COURT AND THE PROCURATOR-GENERAL OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE
RESPECTIVELY.
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AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE CONGRESS
MEETING, ZHU SENLIN CRITICISED THE GOVERNOR FOR CONFRONTING CHINA BY INTRODUCING HIS POLITICAL REFORMS. HE STRESSED THAT THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FULLY SUPPORTED THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S STANCE OVER THE ISSUE. IN VIEW OF THE CLOSE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG, ZHU SAID THE PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SMOOTH
TRANSITION AND A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS HONG KONG.
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